A middle-aged man has been taken to hospital after his friend used a firefighting plane to drop 400 gallons of water on him as part of the Ice Bucket Challenge.
The 51-year-old, from Belgium, was taken to hospital over fears he may have suffered internal injuries during the stunt Empuriabrava aerodrome in Catalonia, Spain.
But doctors have now confirmed he only received minor wounds and is recovering in Girona hospital.
According to Rolf Kuratle, head of Skydive Empuriabrava which runs trips from the aerodrome, the victim had set the stunt up with a friend who had been flying the plane.
He told The Local: 'They had arranged to do it as part of the Ice Bucket Challenge craze in order to raise money for ALS.
'The pilot flew a fire-fighting plane, the kind used to put out forest fires, and dumped the load onto his friend. They obviously miscalculated how much water it was.'
Other Ice Bucket fails include one girl who was videoed running into a metal pole just after having freezing water dumped over her head, and another who fell off a horse after drenching herself while sitting on the animal's back.
Jesean Morris, 20, a fugitive from Omaha, Nebraska, was even arrested after posting an Ice Bucket video on his Facebook page which police used to trace his whereabouts.
Morris was on parole following his release from the Omaha Correctional Center where he was serving time for assault and use of a firearm during a crime when he posted the video.
The Ice Bucket Challenge started in America but has since taken social media by storm, raising £37million for research into ALS, a degenerative condition also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
PLEASE HELP ME. DEATH IS ALL I SEEI am a young girl in my early Twenties, I got a job somewhere September Last Year after I passed out from one of this affiliated schools where I did a National Diploma program. Before I started working, I passed through a lot emotionally, physically, mentally and otherwise so this job came as a miracle and a testimony. But barely 2 months into my job, I got very close to My General Manager. He is young and single so am i. One thing led to the other and we started dating. Now note, he is not the owner of the company but a brother to the owner, so he is third in command. That aside, before I met this guy, I had been with a guy who stayed with my 4 years but couldn’t get into my legs. I was born into a very strict home so at the mention of sex, I run for my life. My ex was tired of waiting so he slept with my flat mate back in school and even got her pregnant. At that time I was able to move on cos my ex was in a different town so it was easy to cut communications. I stayed alone for almost 2 years after my ex till I met this guy. I didn’t stop to think because I so wanted to be in love and have a man to call mine. Barely 4months into the relationship, I give my virginity to him (January 1stprecisely) because I thought giving sex will keep him. But that turned out to be my biggest mistake. He gradually metamorphosed into an indescribable specie. I tried all I could but he always had excuses to treat me bad. On my birthday, he didn’t show up and never even got me handkerchief. In between all this, at least before his change became evident,…. One thing is now we have broken up even though he always tried to stop me from walking away in time past. I just got tired of him insulting and talking me down at every opportunity, Telling me lies and shutting me out of his life, treating me like I was nobody and above all making me just a sex figure in his life. Now that we have broken up, I am so confused cos I don’t know which way forward. I am just making silly mistakes in my job, I see and I have to report to him everyday. If I quit this job, except by God’s Grace I may not be able to get another good one cos I’m not a gruaduate. How can I forget and let go of someone I see and work with everyday. I have made a mistake no doubt but where do I go from here. He doesn’t give me trouble yet but I don’t know what to expect. I built my world around this guy and my job and now I feel like am no where in this world. My mum and step dad doesn’t make coming home rosey, I had no friends apart from him. I work everyday so I practically have no social life. I am living in a hopeless world. In my heart somewhere I wish there is something I can do to get his heart back cos I still love him but somehow I am willing to move on but how can i? He has been flauting several women since after me. I just wish I can take my life to end this whole drama. I’m just 21 and life is already this harsh. No family, No friends, No Love, No education, No Joy, Nothing to live for at all. Please Help me, Please help. The confusing thing is that he told me I was a girl any many will kill to have in his life and that I did nothing wrong but that he is just confused. I did everything and God Knows I never wronged him in anyway. But I can’t place it. When he said he was confused I felt after the break up space he will think but I was wrong cos he has being acting all happy. and he moved on barely a week after. I am Heartbroken and almost going Life Broken……. Please Don’t abuse me, I Need help. We all Make Mistakes.Reply
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